Review Sapphire Princess and 7 Day Independent Land Tour

[vegs1]

Thanks for your kind words, Beth!

 

You are most welcome, Larry. You deserve the kind words.

 

I should have asked earlier....and this may be a silly question but does it matter which side of the ship you are on if you are doing a Northbound cruise? I assume you have land on both sides but wouldn't want to miss out on anything.

 

Also...did you find the number of people getting on and off the Sapphire took a long time or was it pretty efficient?

 

Thanks for your help!

Beth

[LarryF]

it really made no difference to me because I spend almost all my spare time on deck taking in the 360 degree views. Some will argue that there is more scenery on the Starbard side while cruising the inside passage. We were on the Port side and I felt the scenery was just as nice as that on the Starbord side.

 

One advantage of being on the port side is that when you go in to Glacier Bay and College Fjord, most of the Glaciers are on the port side. Of course the ship then turns around and they are then on the Starbard side, but the naturalist narrates as the ship enters not when it's leaving.

 

Getting on and off the ship was not an issue at all except in Ketchikan. Our port time was very short and the lines to get back on the ship were extremely long. It took us 45 minutes to get back on the ship.

 

Thanks,

 

Larry

[vegs1]

Thanks, Larry.

 

I appreciate all of the information. Guess we won't worry about the side either as we'd be on deck also!

 

Cheers,

Beth

[Kruzincouple]

Hi Larry,

Wow, I'm really happy that this review was resurrected! We are a party of 12 sailing northbound from Vancouver on the Sapphire 5/31. Your information and pictures are the best! One of the guys wanted me to ask if the casino is operational during the Alaska voyage. Thanks!

[LarryF]

Yes the casino is open just like a Caribbean Cruise. Not open in ports, but open while cruising! Enjoy your cruise! We leave tomorrow for 10 days of fun and sun in the Caribbean!

 

Larry

[Kruzincouple]

Thanks for the info Larry. Have a GREAT time, we just got back from the Southern Caribbean and I want to go back(we're up to our ankles in snow here in Ohio). Hope you plan on writing another review!! ENJOY!!!

[singwithjoy]

If we took princess cruise to alaska we would be coming from Orlando.

What is the flight like? I have heard it takes 12 hours to get there.

You can get a direct not a connecting flight? I am a native floridian.

How do adjust to the freezing Alaska cold? You can not buy heavy winter clothes in florida. How do you pack for this trip? I need your advice before we commit to this expensive trip. How much does the flight cost?

How many times zones do you cross? How do you adjust to when you are used to sleeping and eating verses the actually time you have to do this?

[judynorth]

If we took princess cruise to alaska we would be coming from Orlando.

What is the flight like? I have heard it takes 12 hours to get there.

You can get a direct not a connecting flight? I am a native floridian.

How do adjust to the freezing Alaska cold? You can not buy heavy winter clothes in florida. How do you pack for this trip? I need your advice before we commit to this expensive trip. How much does the flight cost?

How many times zones do you cross? How do you adjust to when you are used to sleeping and eating verses the actually time you have to do this?

 

If you are seriously considering an Alaska cruise then a travel agent should be able to answer most of your questions about flights and costs. As to clothing, Alaska isn't freezing all the time so you don't need heavy parkas and such. You do need layers though so that you can add or take away layers as the weather dictates. It is good to have sweatshirts or sweaters, polar fleece, good rain gear, warm socks, hat or ear covering, gloves, and sturdy shoes if you plan to do much walking. You should be able to get most of these things in Florida (I am a native Floridian too) but if not there is always mail order. We are taking our 3rd Alaska cruise this year and I never adjusted to the time change even with a week before the cruise in Seattle. I was falling asleep at 9 PM and awake at 4 AM. It didn't keep me from enjoying the cruise though.

[RAINS]

Cld you kindly tell us where u bougt ur excurssions from as we are in the process of doing same. wonder if it is cheaper not to buy on the ship

[Gator83]

I love it when someone stumbles across my journal as it brings back all the wonderful memories from our Alaska adventure. I'm happy you're enjoying it and hope you have a great time in Alaska!

 

Larry

 

 

Hi Larry,

I just stumbled across your thread today and read it while I was working (don't tell the boss). As others have said, it is truly fabulous and I can't wait to check out your pictures. I use to live in Orlando but I love the cold so I was really happy when I had cold weather on my alaskan cruise. When you did your CHAANGE thing was it with someone named Ginny?

 

Thanks again for all your hard work.

 

Gator

[Born4Travel]

Larry,

Like so many others I stumbled upon your review. Please accept a heartfelt thank you from me! I laughed, I cried, you moved me! :D

 

I will be going on the Sapphire Princess on my first Alaskan Cruise/Tour this July with 3 generations! The oldest will be my Grandmother at 83 and the youngest my cousin of 24. All of us women! With your review under my belt I feel so much more confident that we will ALL find something to love cruising in Alaska. Truly you inspire me to be a good traveler and find the best in any situation. (and recognize the darkside might occasionally pop its head out. Seriously! 6 women-Grandma, Mom, Aunties and Cousins~ can you imagine it won't happen!:p)

 

Thank you for sharing a little of yourself with us. May you have many more perfect vacations!;)

[LarryF]

Thanks for the info Larry. Have a GREAT time, we just got back from the Southern Caribbean and I want to go back(we're up to our ankles in snow here in Ohio). Hope you plan on writing another review!! ENJOY!!!

 

We just returned from our 10 Day Caribbean cruise on the Emerald Princess. I don't know that any trip will ever top our Alaska Adventure, but we had an absolutely great time on this cruise. The Emerald Princess is an incredible ship, the weather was great, the staff was the friendliest we have ever encountered, the food was very good and the ports were wonderful.

 

I do plan to write a review in the next few days or this weekend and will post a link on this board for those interested.

 

Thanks,

 

Larry

[vozzie]

Larry,

 

Looking forward to your review. Can you place a link in this thread ... so that we can track it down.

 

Thanks

[LarryF]

If we took princess cruise to alaska we would be coming from Orlando.

What is the flight like? I have heard it takes 12 hours to get there.

You can get a direct not a connecting flight? I am a native floridian.

How do adjust to the freezing Alaska cold? You can not buy heavy winter clothes in florida. How do you pack for this trip? I need your advice before we commit to this expensive trip. How much does the flight cost?

How many times zones do you cross? How do you adjust to when you are used to sleeping and eating verses the actually time you have to do this?

 

We flew from Orlando to St. Lake City (about 4 hours) and then from Salt Lake City to Vancouver (about a 2 hour flight at the most) The layover was about an hour, so the total time to get from Orlando to Vancouver was about 7 hours. We flew from Anchorage to Seattle coming back (about 3.5 hours) and Seattle to Orlando (a little over 5 hours) with a hour or so layover in Seattle; so about 10 hours total time to get from Anchorage to Orlando. I do not believe there are any direct flights.

 

The only time I believe the temperatures were actually freezing was when we cruised in Galcier Bay and College Fjords. Most of the other times the temperatures would start out in the high 30's to low 40"s and work there way up to the low or mid 50's. The temperature in Skagway, Ketchikan and Juneau was between 60 - 65 degrees (which was above normal). DO NOT take or wear a heavy parka! You need to wear layers. I am from Florida and had everything I needed to stay warm and you probalby do to. On the coldest days I wore the following layers from the skin up; t-shirt, long sleeve shirt or turtle neck polo type shirt, sweatshirt or sweater, light weight fleece jacket (you can buy one a Bass Pro Outlet for about $30 if you don't own one) and then a light weight rain jacket with a hood. I did buy a good pair of gloves and ski hat. I would start out with the layers in the morning and most days peeled off most layers down to just my sweatshirt.

 

We flew using frequent flyer points on Delta, so I don't know what the cost for airfare would be. Call the airlines or a travel agent. Vancouver is 3 hours behind our time and Alaska is 4 hours behind our time. The best way to adjust to the time difference is to fly to Vancouver (or your embarkation destination) at least a day ahead of time and try to stay up as late as you can. We made it until about 10pm Vancouver time (1am Florida time) and were able to sleep unitl about 6am (9am Florida time). We were pretty much on schedule from that point on. It is harder coming back and you would be wise to take a day off when you get back to help adjust as well.

 

One bit of advice to you.... You need to spend a week or so really researching the Alaska boards on cruise critic. Read as many reviews as possible both negative and positive. Find people that you know that have been there and pick their brain. I'm not sure if you read my review by the questions you asked, but if you take the time to read it, it will answer almost any questions you could have. After doing your research, if you still have concerns about long flying times, time zones and cold temperatures you probably should not go. For me, I'd go to Alaska if took 30 hours to fly there, had to go through 10 time zones and had nothing but my underwear on...It's that incredible!

 

Larry

[LarryF]

Cld you kindly tell us where u bougt ur excurssions from as we are in the process of doing same. wonder if it is cheaper not to buy on the ship

 

The tours we took were far less expensive, less crowded and lasted longer than most of the ship's tours. All of the my tour information including costs and the tour's websites are in my review.

 

I will place the link to my review below, so you don't have to search this entire thread.

 

Thanks,

 

Larry

[LarryF]

Hi Larry,

I just stumbled across your thread today and read it while I was working (don't tell the boss). As others have said, it is truly fabulous and I can't wait to check out your pictures. I use to live in Orlando but I love the cold so I was really happy when I had cold weather on my alaskan cruise. When you did your CHAANGE thing was it with someone named Ginny?

 

Thanks again for all your hard work.

 

Gator

 

Yes, the Therapist who runs the Channge program in Orlando is Gini Cucuel. She is great. Do you know her??

 

Larry

[LarryF]

Larry,

Like so many others I stumbled upon your review. Please accept a heartfelt thank you from me! I laughed, I cried, you moved me! :D

 

I will be going on the Sapphire Princess on my first Alaskan Cruise/Tour this July with 3 generations! The oldest will be my Grandmother at 83 and the youngest my cousin of 24. All of us women! With your review under my belt I feel so much more confident that we will ALL find something to love cruising in Alaska. Truly you inspire me to be a good traveler and find the best in any situation. (and recognize the darkside might occasionally pop its head out. Seriously! 6 women-Grandma, Mom, Aunties and Cousins~ can you imagine it won't happen!:p)

 

Thank you for sharing a little of yourself with us. May you have many more perfect vacations!;)

 

Can I go with you! 6 women and me...we'd have a great time!:D

 

I know that you all are going to have a wonderful time! Enjoy Alaska!

 

Larry

[LarryF]

Larry,

 

Looking forward to your review. Can you place a link in this thread ... so that we can track it down.

 

Thanks

 

Yes I will!

[vegs1]

Hi Larry,

 

I have printed off your entire Sapphire Princess Review. I have read to May 29th but the paragraph doesn't seem to finish. I am trying to figure out where you were staying at that point. (It was a B & B with a dog named Radar?)

 

Not sure why it's cut off but if you could help with the name of the B & B...I'd appreciate it.

 

Thank you!:)

[LarryF]

Hi Larry,

 

I have printed off your entire Sapphire Princess Review. I have read to May 29th but the paragraph doesn't seem to finish. I am trying to figure out where you were staying at that point. (It was a B & B with a dog named Radar?)

 

Not sure why it's cut off but if you could help with the name of the B & B...I'd appreciate it.

 

Thank you!:)

 

Wow...it cut out a lot. I think that I will copy the entire text and try to post it to this thread. In the meantime, below is the entire text for May 29 and highlighted the portion that was missing in red:

 

Hello all,

 

To continue…

 

Tuesday May 29, 2007

 

Today was our 30th wedding anniversary! This trip was our anniversary present to each other and I would have to say it’s the best present I ever had for any of our anniversaries and Amy totally agrees!

 

We were up by 7:00 a.m. and I was anxious to get on the road as I had estimated we would be driving for about 6 hours from Coopers Landing to Chickaloon, which is about 75 miles northeast of Anchorage on the Glenn Highway. The weather was overcast this morning and cold with temperatures again in the low 40s.

 

We checked out of the Princess Lodge around 7:30 a.m., loaded the car with all our stuff again and made our way back to the Sterling Highway. One of the reasons I booked us at the Princess Lodge was because they had a special price of $99 for the month of May and it was well worth it! Also, I don’t know if I mentioned before, but we stayed in the Holiday Inn Express in Seward as we had Holiday Inn Points for the two nights! So our lodging for our first three nights of the land trip only cost us $33 per night!

 

We had noticed a little Inn and café when we first drove down the Sterling Highway on Monday and I made a mental note to stop there for breakfast when we headed back north. The name of the Inn is the Sunrise Inn, http://www.alaskasunriseinn.com, and is located at mile marker 45. There were a couple of other diners when we sat down. There was only one waitress and she was movin kinda slow at the junction (sorry it just came out that way). She didn’t appear to be a morning person (as in she was a little grouchy), but I put on all the southern charm I could muster and called her sugar and little by little she began to smile and perk up. Sometimes you just have to help someone to smile!

 

The breakfast was very good. I had eggs scrambled with smoked salmon and Amy had blueberry pancakes which she enjoyed very much. We both had hot chocolate with our meals. I definitely would recommend this restaurant for breakfast. The cost of the meal was $17 including the tip.

 

We got back on the road about 8:30 a.m. and turned north on the Seward Highway. I considered going back to Portage Glacier since we missed it on the way down because of the bad weather, but the weather today was not much better so we kept on going. We decided to go to the Alyeska Resort. To get to the Resort you turn right on to the Alyeska Highway at mile marker 90 off the Seward Highway. The Alyeska Hwy. is only 3 miles long and dead ends at the Resort. We arrived there about 9:30 a.m. and found out the Tram to the top of the mountain was not running until 10:30 a.m. Since it was still very cloudy we determined we most likely would not be able to see the beautiful views, so we decided to forego the tram and get back on the road. We walked around for a while and thought it was a very nice Resort.

 

We stopped at the Beluga Point turnoff for one last look at Turnagain Arm. The weather had improved a little and the views were much nicer than they had been on our drive to Seward on Saturday. We climbed down an embankment from the parking area on to a gravel area and walked along the railroad tracks and over to some rocks that were closer to the water. There was also a large rock formation that jutted up in front of the water that was about 20 or 30 feet high. I had seen some other people sitting on the rock in a picture I found on-line, so I just had to climb up there so I could have my own Kodak moment! There is a little trail you can climb to get up there and it’s not very difficult at all.

 

Amy was an excellent navigator as she used the Milepost to get us through Anchorage without us getting lost! The Seward Highway is also known as Highway 1 and as you arrive in Anchorage the highway turns into a surface road through Anchorage and then turns back into Highway 1 on the north side of Anchorage; however, the name of the highway changes at this point to the Glenn Highway. The highway continues northward and the turnoff to get on the Parks Highway (Highway 3) is at mile marker 38.8 off the Glenn Highway; however, we continued on the Glenn Highway and stopped in Palmer which begins at mile marker 42.

 

The weather had now improved immensely with mostly sunny skies and the temperatures had warmed up well into the 50’s. Palmer was a very picturesque town located in the Mat-Su Valley. It’s referred to as the Mat-Su Valley because it sits in the middle of the Matunuska and Sustina Valleys. There was a charming downtown area with a number of shops and restaurants.

 

We decided to stop for a while to stretch or legs and get some information about the area. We went to the Visitor Center which is located in a pretty log cabin right across the street from the public library. There they had lots of brochures and information about the area and the two women working that day were very friendly and gave us lots of great information. They have free hot chocolate, coffee and apple cider and the apple cider really hit the spot for me.

 

I had obsessed for months about driving the Hatcher Pass Road. I had learned on this board that we would only be able to drive the 17 mile paved road up to the Hatcher Pass Lodge. One of the women provided us a very easy map to get to Hatcher Pass and I didn’t realize how close Hatcher Pass actually was to Palmer.

 

We left the visitor center and got back on the Glenn Highway and drove to Hatcher Pass. We drove 7 miles north to mile marker 49.5 and turned left on Palmer Fishhook Road which dead ends at Hatch Pass Road. As we began our ascent up this incredible mind boggling road, it occurred to me that if this was what it looked like going up to the Pearly Gates, that would be just fine with me!

 

The paved road winds it way back and forth up steep switch backs with 360 degree breath taking views everywhere you look. The pavement ends in a large parking area and dead ends at a small security gate where the road turns to gravel for the next thirty something miles until it connects with the Parks Highway near Wasilla. The gate was closed and usually opens between mid June and July 1.

 

While doing my research about the Hatcher Pass Road, I was always overwhelmed by the pictures of this massive alpine area that just dwarfed the Hatcher Lodge and other dwellings in the area. As great as those pictures were, nothing could have prepared me for the real thing. As you know, I’m usually not short for words, but I just cannot find the words to describe the vastness and beauty of this incredible place. Sometimes I think God created most of the earth in 5 days and he saved the 6th day to place little pieces of heaven in different locations around the world. If that’s so I think Hatcher Pass is one of those little pieces of heaven on earth.

 

The temperature had dropped significantly and there was a steady breeze that made it feel colder. Neither the Hatcher Pass Lodge nor the mine was open yet and there were only a few cars parked in the lot. We saw a few people hiking beyond the gate on the snowy gravel road and they looked like tiny specs below the surrounding massive snow covered mountains. We would have liked to stay here for hours, but the ride had made Amy a little nauseous, so we only stayed for about 20 or 30 minutes. Even though Amy didn’t feel 100%, she said she thought the views of Hatcher Pass were the most incredible sights she had seen the entire trip!

 

We backtracked our way to Palmer to have lunch. It was close to 1:00 p.m. and we stopped at the first place we saw. The name of the restaurant was the Vagabond. It was a health food type café that served sandwiches, salads and wraps. Most of the items were vegetarian, but hey did have turkey. It would not be my first choice, but we were hungry and didn’t want to look for another place. We ordered from a counter and they called our name to come pick our food up when it was ready. Amy had a pasta salad and I had a black bean and cheese wrap. Amy enjoyed her salad and my bean wrap was ok, but as you know, I am much more of a cheeseburger kind of guy! The cost of the meal was $13, so it was a very good value especially if you’re a vegetarian.

 

Chickaloon is about 35 miles north of Palmer and it took us about 45 minutes to get there. The reason for our visit to Chickaloon was because we were going to Ice Trek on Matanuska Glacier which is located about 25 miles north of Chickaloon. I had come across a B&B on-line named Castle Mountain B&B, http://www.castlemountainb-b.com, at some point in my research. Their website was really nice and the pictures of the B&B intrigued me. I could not find anyone on-line that had ever stayed there and most people recommended Sheep Mountain Lodge. I struggled with where to stay, but eventually I went with my gut and decided to make a reservation at Castle Mountain.

 

The turnoff for Castle Mountain B&B is located at mile marker 77.6 off the Glenn Highway. From there it is about 2 miles through a wooded area and as we drove along this bumpy gravel road in the middle of nowhere, Amy started to give me funny looks! I began to have my own doubts until we finally came to a clearing and saw two beautiful large houses made from logs that were separated by an air strip. We drove up to the largest house which had 3 airplanes parked on the property. Our arrival was announced by a loud barking dog who we found out shortly was named Radar. A woman came outside and said in a real friendly voice, “you must be Amy and Larry”, and I knew right then that I had made a good choice. The woman’s name was Corrie and she was a great hostess! I had spoken to her several times during my planning stages and she was always very kind.

 

She told us we were early, but it was no problem and our “house” was all clean and ready for us. There is a house across the airfield from her house that has 3 bedrooms, living room, dining room and 1 bathroom. The house is very open and decorated in a homey relaxed style. It had a nice stereo with a good selection of mostly classical music and had no television, which was actually very nice. Most of the walls were adorned with very unique and pretty quilts made by a local artist and were for sale.

 

Corrie told us another couple was supposed to be at the house, but they had canceled and we had the entire house to ourselves. I didn’t realize the house only had 1 bathroom and was really relieved to here we would not have to share it! The house was very pretty and had a large deck with a gorgeous view of King Mountain. Corrie showed us all around the house and how to work everything. She had water, sodas, coffee and snacks in the kitchen for the taking. She told us she would come back in the morning around 7:00 a.m. to cook breakfast for us and we should plan on eating and leaving by 8:30 a.m. in order to make our 10:30 a.m. scheduled Ice Trek expedition.

 

We brought all our stuff in from the car and decided to take a trial run to the Glacier even though we were going back up that way for dinner later in the evening. In all my research, nothing had prepared me for the 25 mile drive from Chickaloon to Matanuska Glacier. In fact I had just never read or thought about what the drive would be like. Alaska just continued to amaze me, as once you thought you had seen it all, more and more just keeps coming at you! The drive is 25 miles of winding narrow roads with hairpin turns that kept twisting up and down the mountain! The scenery was just magnificent and it reminded me of past drives I’ve taken through the North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains, but on steroids! I had to watch the road carefully because the road zig zagged so much and there were many shoulders without guard rails. We pulled off the road frequently just to marvel at the vast scenery.

 

There is a major road construction project going on between mile marker 92 and mile marker 97 with only one lane open. So they alternate use of the road and there can be delays up to 30 minutes. We drove this road roundtrip 3 times and had to wait about 10 to 15 minutes each time. We never minded waiting at all as the scenery is so incredible we just enjoyed the views while we waited.

 

The Matanuska Glacier turnoff is located at mile marker 101 and our tour company, MICA Guides, was located about a mile north of the turnoff. Satisfied with how much time we should allow for the drive back up tomorrow, we turned around and drove back to the B&B enjoying the scenery just as much as on the way up. While we waited at mile marker 97 for our turn to go forward, I chatted with the worker holding the stop sign and asked if she got tired from standing there all day and she told me there was no way you could get tired with all the gorgeous scenery surrounding her. She also said she saw moose and black bear on several occasions.

 

At my request, Corrie had made 7:30 p.m. dinner reservations for us at the Sheep’s Mountain Lodge Restaurant. Sheep Mountain Lodge is 10 miles north of Matanuska Glacier, so when we returned to the B&B around 5:30 p.m., I knew it was kind of stupid for us to have made the test drive to the Glacier since we would be going that same way for dinner. But the drive was so magnificent we really didn’t mind having to retrace our steps.

 

So we relaxed for about an hour and then drove back past Matsnuska Glacier to Sheep Mountain Lodge, http://www.sheepmountainlodge.com., for dinner. As I mentioned before, today was Amy’s and my 30th wedding anniversary. I had read that the Restaurant was very good and hoped that it would live up to its reputation for our anniversary dinner. And indeed it did.

 

We really enjoyed our dining experience at Sheep Mountain. The restaurant was in a log cabin structure and had about 10 tables in total. The walls were adorned with pictures of the owner’s winning Iditarod sled dogs! The restaurant was very cozy, unpretentious and had the best food we had had the entire trip. Amy had Grilled Salmon on top a yummy Rice Pilaf. She really enjoyed this meal and while she had eaten salmon about a gazillion times on the trip, this was her favorite. I had a Hungarian mushroom soup that was very delicious and I had a New York Strip that was one of the tastiest Strips I can remember. Also, their sourdough bread was very good. We had a berry cobbler smothered in ice cream for dessert which we demolished! It was just the perfect meal to celebrate our anniversary!

 

We left the Lodge around 9:30 p.m. to drive back to our B&B in Chickaloon and I still could not get used to the fact that it was still broad daylight outside! We made it back around 10:30 p.m. We made some coffee and took it outside on the deck and sat and watched the beautiful views as the skies turned to twilight and you actually could see a couple of stars. A few moments later a moose came running across the airfield right in front of us…another nice anniversary present!

 

After relaxing for a while, we toasted each other with our coffee cups and gave each other an anniversary kiss and told each other, “I love you”, and we called it a night…

 

To be continued...

 

Larry

[vegs1]

Thanks, Larry.

 

When I was reading the day by day posts, I remembered you had stayed at a great B & B. When I printed it from your review, I must have done something...glad to have it now.

 

Thanks for posting it...I would have missed a lot!

 

Cheers!

[Gator83]

Yes, the Therapist who runs the Channge program in Orlando is Gini Cucuel. She is great. Do you know her??

 

Larry

 

Yes, I do know her... I went through the same program with her.

[LarryF]

Hello everyone,

 

Well, it wasn't in our plans to go back to Alaska this year, but I just came across a deal yesterday that I just couldn't resist and we have booked the May 26 Island Princess SB from Whittier to Vancouver!

 

We'll only be doing the cruise this time, but I am so excited as Alaska is the most remarkable place I've ever been! I doubt that I will write another 70 page journal, but who knows? I didn't plan on doing the first time!

 

We will be traveling to Anchorage the day before the cruise and staying overnight. We'd like to go to Whittier early the next day to take the PWC cruise tour. Can anyone point me to a reputalble shuttle service to get us from Anchorage to Whittier by 10am or so that Monday morning?

 

Thanks,

 

Larry

[Swabbie]

Glad you get to do Alaska again. I greatly enjoyed all of your previous posts about your trip last year. It has been a help for us planning our first Alaska cruise. We will be in Whittier 2 days before you, on the Sapphire. We are back to back so will not require the shuttle, but we are doing the PWS Cruise at Whittier.

[msmoger]

We will be traveling to Anchorage the day before the cruise and staying overnight. We'd like to go to Whittier early the next day to take the PWC cruise tour. Can anyone point me to a reputalble shuttle service to get us from Anchorage to Whittier by 10am or so that Monday morning?

 

Thanks,

 

Larry

 

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